God Emperor

Liu Ning pinched the golden hilt at her waist and pulled out a three-foot-long fish scale soft sword.

The sword light flashed and knocked down all the silver needles.

"Ding ding!"

Zi Qian used a speed-based martial skill, walking like a breeze, constantly changing directions, and shot out pieces of silver needles, turning them into waves of needle rain.

Liu Ning frowned and wanted to attack Zi Qian, but was forced back by Zhen Yu. She could only keep swinging her sword to defend, causing the energy in her body to be rapidly depleted.

On the challenge stage, there was a stalemate.

"Is she...a hedgehog? Why are there so many needles hidden on her body?" Duanmu Xingling looked at Zhang Ruochen and asked with a half-smile.

"How do I know?" Zhang Ruochen asked.

"You don't even know?" Duanmu Xingling was very surprised.

Zhang Ruochen shook his head gently and continued to stare at the challenge stage. He had already seen Zi Qian's tactics. She knew she was no match for Liu Ning, so she used silver needles to consume Liu Ning's energy.

If Liu Ning can't break Zi Qian's Silver Needle Flying Rain, then Liu Ning will definitely lose.

As expected by Zhang Ruochen, a quarter of an hour later, Liu Ning's energy was greatly consumed, and she was attacked from behind by Zi Qian.

When Liu Ning reacted, Zi Qian's sword was already on her neck.

Challenge and win.

"She draws the sword so fast. Without hundreds of thousands of practices, it would be impossible to draw the sword so fast. Why do I feel like she is a professionally trained killer?" Duanmu Xingling narrowed his eyes and felt The way Zi Qian draws her sword is somewhat similar to that of the killer from Hell Gate.

Although Zi Qian had deliberately hidden it, she still left traces, allowing Duanmu Xingling to see some clues.

Zhang Ruochen's heart moved and he smiled: "If she was really a killer, wouldn't I have been killed by her long ago?"

"That's right." Duanmu Xingling nodded.

Zi Qian's last sword strike was indeed stunning. It was almost invisible. Only the Xuanbang warriors could see the trajectory of her sword, while other warriors could not see it clearly.

Zi Qian defeated Liu Ning and naturally became the new ninth master of the West Academy.

Liu Ning automatically dropped one place to tenth place.

Mo Qinglong was squeezed out of the top ten and became eleventh.

Next, many people came to challenge the top ten warriors. The most people challenged Zi Qian, and everyone felt that she was the weakest.

But none of the people who came to challenge her succeeded.

Many people are actually stronger than Zi Qian, but they lose to her just because they are confused. When they reacted, Zi Qian's sword was already pointed at their necks, preventing them from moving.

A senior sister ranked 17th in the West Academy, after being defeated by Zi Qian's sword, walked down the challenge platform very angrily: "How could this happen? I am obviously stronger than her, how could I lose to her?"

Only Xuanbang warriors can see how powerful Zi Qian is:

First of all, her speed is her biggest advantage, and her weird sword-drawing method makes it difficult for people to guard against her.

Secondly, her eyesight and ears are far superior to ordinary people. She can detect danger in advance, hear the opponent's attack in advance, and then make the most correct response strategy in the shortest time.

Third, she has rich combat experience and is much better than other students in this aspect.

Zhang Ruochen also nodded. Zi Qian originally had a weakness, that is, her physique was weaker than those of top geniuses.

In the past three months, she had refined five drops of Semi-Saint True Liquid, allowing her to make up for this shortcoming. Her strength also increased by leaps and bounds.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zi Qian walked to the challenge stage and stood to the right of Zhang Ruochen. Scholar Duanmu Xingling and Zhang Ruochen looked like they were holding their hands in front of their chests and said, "Aren't you going to challenge?"

"It's almost time!"

Zhang Ruochen walked towards the challenge stage, stood on the stage and said, "I want to challenge for seventh place."

The seventh-ranked student in the West Academy is named Sikong Shu.

He was an old student of the West Academy eight years ago. His martial arts cultivation reached the peak of Xuanji Realm Dzogchen four years ago. He also wanted to enter the intermediate ruins, so he never broke through the realm.

With Zhang Ruochen's current level of cultivation, even if he challenges Ju Hailan, who is ranked fifth, he has a good chance of winning.

However, Zhang Ruochen doesn't want to be so high-profile. As long as he can obtain the qualifications to enter the intermediate ruins, there is no need to push himself into the limelight.

Challenging for seventh place is considered conservative.

Although he wanted to keep a low profile, challenging Sikong Shu as a new student still caused quite a stir. Many people came over to watch this battle.

"Do you think it is possible for Zhang Ruochen to succeed in the challenge?" said an older student ranked in the top fifty.

Another student who has reached the Great Perfection of Xuanji Realm said: "If it had been before Zi Qian took action, I might not have believed it. But even Zi Qian can defeat Liu Ning, who is in eighth place, and Zhang Ruochen's strength is above Zi Qian's , there may not be a chance to defeat Sikong Shu.”

"That's right! The talents of the new students are very high, and their strength cannot be measured by simple martial arts cultivation."

"This year's freshmen are too strong. They have defeated the top ten experts in the academy just three months after entering the school. How can we, the old students who have been in the academy for several years, feel embarrassed?"

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There were more and more students under the challenge stage. Even the deputy deans of the three major colleges and the dean of the West Academy rushed over and stood not far away, looking in the direction of the challenge stage. Obviously, they are also looking forward to this battle.

The better Zhang Ruochen performs, the better it is for Wushi Academy.

Genius is the most important resource for any force.

Sikong Shu was tall and muscular, with a body like an iron tower and strong muscles all over his body. Although he was only twenty-five years old, his face was covered with beards, making him look like a big man with a green beard.

Holding a black iron rod in his hand, he climbed up the stairs and stood ten steps away from Zhang Ruochen.

"boom!"

He lowered the iron rod toward the ground, and the ground immediately made a loud noise and trembled violently.

Sikong Shu smiled and said: "Zhang Ruochen, I know that your cultivation is very strong and your talent is very high. You helped the West College win the first place among the four freshmen. Senior brother, I admire you. But you are also arrogant. You actually dare to challenge me, senior brother. . How sure do you think you can win?”

"Ten percent." Zhang Ruochen said.

"Ten percent? Do you look down on your senior brother too much?" Sikong Shu was a little unhappy.

Zhang Ruochen said without being arrogant or impetuous: "For a warrior, since he has chosen to challenge his opponent, he must have the confidence to win. If you don't even have the confidence to win, then half of the battle has been lost."

"That's well said. If you don't challenge, you will accept it. Once you challenge, you must have the belief to win."

Sikong Shu smiled mysteriously and said: "However, you chose the wrong person today, and you are destined to be defeated at the hands of senior brother. Come on! Let senior brother see how strong our first freshman genius in the West Academy is."

Zhang Ruochen felt a powerful wave of power from Sikong Shu, so he did not dare to underestimate the enemy and became more cautious.

Everyone who can enter the top ten of the West Campus has real abilities. If they are not careful, they may be defeated on the challenge stage.

Hold the Flashing Soul Sword and inject Yujing Qi into the sword. All fourteen inscriptions in the sword will be activated.

Four "power" lines are inscription patterns, four "ice" lines are inscription lines, four "electricity" lines are inscription lines, and two "light" lines are inscription patterns.

This is the first time that Zhang Ruochen has activated all the inscriptions of the Flashing Soul Sword, reaching its strongest state.

The Soul Flash Sword originally weighed 53 kilograms, but with the blessing of four force inscriptions, it weighed 453 kilograms.

At the same time, cold air, sword light, and electric current shuttled through the sword body, and sword air flowed around Zhang Ruochen's body, as if completely integrated with him.

"Is this the advanced level of swordsmanship?"

Sikong Shu knew that Zhang Ruochen had reached the high-level state where the sword could follow his heart, his face became serious, and he poured his true energy into the tungsten star cold iron rod in his hand.

The Tungsten Star Cold Iron Rod is a fifth-level true weapon, one level higher than the Soul Flashing Sword in Zhang Ruochen's hand.

There are twenty-one inscriptions engraved on the stick, of which fifteen are "force" inscriptions and six are "ice" inscriptions.

The purer the inscriptions on a true weapon are, the more powerful they are.

The Tungsten Star Cold Iron Bar has only two kinds of inscriptions engraved on it, which is considered very pure. Therefore, it is also a top-level warrior among the fifth-level true weapons.

After activating the twenty-one inscriptions, the weight of the Tungsten Star Cold iron rod reached 1,608 kilograms, which was extremely heavy. When placed on the ground, it seemed to be able to crack the ground.

Sikong Shu waved the tungsten star cold iron rod with one hand, and a biting cold air emitted from the rod. On the challenge stage, flakes of snow appeared, a layer of white frost condensed on the ground, and the temperature in the entire air dropped rapidly.

A seemingly random stick contains exquisite martial arts skills.

"No, Sikong Shu actually hid his strength." Duanmu Xingling began to worry about Zhang Ruochen and said: "With the strength that Sikong Shu has shown now, he is no longer weaker than Ju Hailan, who is ranked fifth, and may even be stronger than Ju Hailan. Be stronger."

The head of the west courtyard also shrank his eyes slightly, showing a hint of smile, and said: "I didn't expect that Sikong Shu actually practiced "Tai'an Ice Technique" to the eighth level. With his strength, he can already compete with "Xuanbang" Let’s compete with the warriors at the bottom.”

The deputy director of the South Campus smiled and said: "Congratulations, Director, there is another student of the Xuanbang warrior level in the West Campus."

"Hey! It's a pity for Zhang Ruochen. If Sikong Shu hadn't broken through to the eighth level of "Tai'an Ice Skill", he still had a chance to win. As for now, he has no chance at all." The deputy director of the East Campus regretted said.

It seemed like he was feeling sorry, but actually he was sneering in his heart.

It is because of Zhang Ruochen that the East Campus ranked third this year. Naturally, the vice president of the East Campus hates Zhang Ruochen. Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was about to fail the challenge, he couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

The head of the West Campus smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter if the challenge fails, he still has another chance to challenge anyway."